Ligue 2 statistics and pre-match guide: Bastia small thought to get the better of Niort

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 20.November
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Armand-Césari (16078 seats)

Bastia - Niort in Ligue 2: Statistics, squad info, tables, tendencies and reports. Read our full guide!

Insights:
  • Bastia have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Niort have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

It's quite the trip for Niort when visiting Bastia as the cities are 1200 kilometers apart.

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Bastia form and stats

1-6-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 2 numbers at home for Bastia so far this season. Bastia have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Bastia are returning here after visiting Drapeau Fougeres in a Coupe de France game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline.

In the game before, an away victory in the Ligue 2 match versus Guingamp with a 3-2 scoreline.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Bastia have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eleven games) they have won three times, drawn six and lost two.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Bastia here at Stade Armand-Césari in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 7 games). Bastia have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals.

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Niort form and stats

As the visiting team in Ligue 2 matches, Niort have produced an overall stat of 3-2-3 so far. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Niort, as they have won on their previous two travels.

Niort's previous game was their home loss versus Nancy (1-3). Midfield player Dylan Louiserre was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.45/10. Louiserre had 77 successful passes (of 82 total).

Prior to that result Niort won their away game at Nîmes. The scoreline was 2-1.

Niort are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is five wins, five draws and six defeats. From a total of 16 matches.

Niort have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 8 goals have been scored. 9 goals have been conceded by Niort in these games.

Head 2 Head

Bastia-Niort H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Bastia three wins, Niort one win, two draws. four of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

BastiaB. Santelli
B. Santelli
5 goals
NiortB. Boutobba
B. Boutobba
3 goals
NiortJ. Mendes
J. Mendes
3 goals

Bastia missing players

Niort missing players

Bastia Niort
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 7 3 Played P 3 8 15
3 1 0 Won W 2 3 6
6 6 3 Drew D 1 2 3
6 0 0 Lost L 0 3 6
12 5 2 Scored S 5 8 16
16 3 2 Conceded C 1 9 16
80% 57% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 75% 80%
67% 57% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 62% 60%
27% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 62% 47%
7% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 20%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
47% 43% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 38% 33%
27% 57% 33% Clean Sheets C S 67% 38% 40%
47% 43% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 50% 47%
 
3.8 3.6 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 3 3.7
4.1 3.1 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 5.4 5.5
1.8 1.6 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.4 9.1 9.3 Shots (avg) S ( 8.7 7.6 8.5
3.1 3.1 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.4 3.6
26% 23% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 30% 30%
 
8.9 7.7 8.3 Shots against (avg) S A 9.3 9.2 8.4
3.7 3.3 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.7 3.4 3.1
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Bastia have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Niort have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Niort have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Toulouse 15 8 6 1 32 13 7 4 2 1 18 8 8 4 4 0 14 5 19 30
2 Auxerre 15 8 5 2 25 15 8 5 2 1 16 5 7 3 3 1 9 10 10 29
3 Ajaccio 15 8 4 3 17 8 8 6 1 1 10 2 7 2 3 2 7 6 9 28
4 Sochaux 15 8 4 3 14 8 8 4 2 2 6 4 7 4 2 1 8 4 6 28
5 Le Havre 15 6 7 2 14 8 8 4 3 1 8 4 7 2 4 1 6 4 6 25
6 Paris 15 7 3 5 18 15 7 3 3 1 9 6 8 4 0 4 9 9 3 24
7 Niort 15 6 3 6 16 16 7 3 1 3 8 7 8 3 2 3 8 9 0 21
8 Pau 15 6 3 6 15 16 8 5 1 2 10 5 7 1 2 4 5 11 -1 21
9 Grenoble Foot 38 15 6 3 6 15 18 8 5 1 2 12 8 7 1 2 4 3 10 -3 21
10 Rodez 15 5 4 6 16 16 7 2 3 2 7 6 8 3 1 4 9 10 0 19
11 Guingamp 15 4 6 5 18 20 7 2 2 3 10 11 8 2 4 2 8 9 -2 18
12 Caen 15 4 5 6 16 16 8 2 1 5 10 10 7 2 4 1 6 6 0 17
13 Nîmes 15 4 5 6 17 19 7 1 3 3 6 9 8 3 2 3 11 10 -2 17
14 Quevilly Rouen 15 4 5 6 13 19 7 1 3 3 5 9 8 3 2 3 8 10 -6 17
15 Dunkerque 15 4 4 7 14 18 8 2 3 3 6 8 7 2 1 4 8 10 -4 16
16 Dijon 15 5 1 9 14 21 8 3 1 4 9 11 7 2 0 5 5 10 -7 16
17 Valenciennes 15 4 4 7 12 22 7 1 1 5 6 15 8 3 3 2 6 7 -10 16
18 Bastia 15 3 6 6 12 16 7 1 6 0 5 3 8 2 0 6 7 13 -4 15
19 Amiens SC 15 2 8 5 14 16 8 1 4 3 7 8 7 1 4 2 7 8 -2 14
20 Nancy 15 2 6 7 12 24 7 1 3 3 5 12 8 1 3 4 7 12 -12 12

Read more about Ligue 2

Ligue 2 is the second highest division in French football. Most games are played at Fridays and Mondays, allowing the top league Ligue 1 “ownership” of the weekend days. 20 teams play 380 fixtures in total, creating a league table where the top three teams promote and the bottom three relegate.